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Right Co-Founder … Wrong CEO. Could That Be You? Be Honest.

SaaStr

This happens with some regularity in SaaS, I’ve learned (and to be clear: I’m not talking about any company I’ve invested in, am an advisor to, board member of, etc – Because when it’s still a very small team, with no true management team … co-founders can kind of hack it to $1m-$2m in ARR together.

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Career Decisions: What To Look For In a Software Startup

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So, you’re thinking of taking a job at a startup, but are nervous about the risk, perhaps having trouble telling one from another, and unsure about knowing what’s really important in startup success. Startups are about people. Great core/founding team. We live in a founder-friendly VC era. Clean cap table.

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Sales Hacker’s 35 Most Influential Women in Sales

Sales Hacker

#GirlsClub helps women sales reps navigate the tricky path to sales leadership with their management training, mentoring, confidence building, and community. She’s a sales leader with an accomplished background at several tech startups. She has strong leadership experience in inside sales, field sales, operations, and marketing.

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The 3 Stages of Hiring GTM Executives

Sales Hacker

David Sacks – GP at Craft Ventures, and this week I thought I’d wrap it up with Part 2 stemming from a great session with Spenser Skates , CEO and CoFounder of Amplitude. Justin Stackany CEO / Startup Advisor & Former CCO Hungry generalists who are uncomfortable being bored and secretly enjoy a little chaos.

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

Bringing Sales & Leadership with Heart and Ladies Happy Hour to the sales community. I went through a VP of Sales Program with SaaSy Sales Leadership — the moment I realized I didn’t want to be a VP of Sales. She is a Speaker and Hostess for LinkedIn Live. What is one a-ha moment you’ve had in your sales career?

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SaaStr Podcast #364 with Figma Head of Sales Kyle Parrish

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Kyle Parrish: I think the last thing that was one of the most successful moves that we made is like a leadership team out there, we started realizing that back in 2013, I think it’s very different today, the hiring market wasn’t as mature for some of the talent, the caliber of talent that Dropbox was looking for at that time.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Lucidchart and Wrike — February 28, 2020

SaaStr

I started my training on the technical side, thinking I wanted to be a scientist or engineer, in particular, thinking I wanted to do research. He had worked as a CTO at a startup when he dropped out of school. So he used this sports analogy around scaling a high tech startup and compared basketball to American football.